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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALFRED WILLIAMS, OF WATSON, NEW YORK.

DRIP-CUP FOR WHITEWASH OR PAINT BRUSHES.

vSPECII-"ICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.380.005, dated March 27, 1888.

Application filed April 15, 1887. Serial No. 234.903. (Model.)

To a/ZZ whom iv' may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Watson, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drip-Cups for -Whitewash or Paint Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as vwill enable n others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to attachments for whitewash or paint brushes, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive attachment which is particularly adapted for use in connection with whitewash-brushes and that class of iiat paint and other brushes such as are commonly used in painting or calcimining ceilings, Ste. Y

A serious objection to the use of an ordinary brush in Whitewashingor painting exists in the fact that drippings continually fall from niture within the apartment.

While the construction of my cup is such as to permit the contents to be emptied without removing the same from the brush, it would be impossible for the paint or whitewash contained in the cupto spill out accidentally in case the brush should be dropped or laid down before emptying the contents of the 'llo these ends, and to such others as the invention may appertain, the same consists in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown inthedrawings,andpartieularly pointed out in the claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a whitewash-brush provided with a drip-cup constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, and Eig. 3 is a transverse section upon line w x of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by letter, Arep- 5o resents a brush, the handle B of which isprothe brush, soiling'the floor and articles of fur- 4 vided with a metallic ferrule, a, which is adapted to fit snugly against the lower end of the socket c of the drip-cup C. 'Ihe end'of the handle B passes through the socket c into the interior of the cup, as shown.

'The drip-cup() is made of sheet metal, and preferably of the form shown, and forms a continuous trough or chamber around the brush A. The upper edges, b b, of the parallel sides of the cup are bent inwardly and downwardly, thus forming the inverted-V-shaped recess or groove b', extending along the upper inner edges of the sides of the cup. The open socket a in the bottom of the cup, through which the end of the handle passes, is Inade' of heavy sheet metal in the form of a tube,cut or slit downwardly from its end a sufficient distance to form the extensions c c d cl. In securing the -socket to the cup the extensions d d are passed through the hole in the bottom of the cup, and the extensions c c are bent outwardly at substantially right angles to the handleand are soldered to the under side of the bottom of the cup, as shown, thus serving to strengthen the cup and more securely hold the socket in position.V The extensions d d pass upwardly upon either side of the. handle, and, extending into the hole in the bottom of the brush, the points d are bent outwardly through the holes e in the sides of the brush, and thus serve to securely hold the brush in place.

It will be observed that the drip-cup, which extends entirely aroundthe brush, serves to catch all of the .drippings from the same, and should the brush be either accidentally or purposely laid upon its side before the contents of the cup have been emptied, the groove b will serve to prevent the escape of the contents; As the groove b extends along the sides of the cup only, the ends, which are inclined outwardly, serve to permit` the contents of the cup to be poured out at the ends.

Having thus described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim to be new, `and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 v 1. In a drip -cup for whitewash or paint brushes, the combination, with the brush and its handle, of the metallic socket a', provided with extensions c c d d, as and for the purpose specified..

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2. The drip-cup C, having the upper edges In testimony whereoflax my signature in of its sides inclined or bent inwardly and downpresence of two witnesses.

wardly forming the groove b its ends inclined 7outwardly, substantiallyas shown, in ALFRED WILLIAMS' 5 combination with the handle of a paint or Witnesses:

whitewash brush, substantially as und for the C. STUKEY,

purpose specified. E. S. GREEN. 

